The things you don't know about me, mum
Logline: Luz is a survivor of the Pinochet regime. Forty years after she left Chile, in a sort of a diary page, Luz imagines to tell her mother the things that she didn’t want to know about her daughter.
Synopsis:
The real story of Luz: the conflictual relationship of a mother and her daughter with the chilean dictatorship as background.
Luz is from the side of Allende, she believes in freedom, in democracy and in a respectful world where everyone has the same value. Her mother is catholic, supports Pinochet and the coup d’etat. Forty years later Luz’s mother is affected from dementia.
Nevertheless Luz wants to break the painful silence between her and her mother and she imagines to tell her the truth about her in Santiago, the facts where she was tragically involved that were consciously ignored by her mother.
A monologue in the form of a diary, a sort of written page that allows the protagonist to redeem herself from the pain of silence and to reconcile her (virtually) with her mother.
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Daniela LucatoDirectorThe Birthday, When I dance, For the time being, The Wheel, Vieni, Mamma dorme
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Daniela LucatoWriterThe Birthday, When I dance, For the time being, The Wheel, Vieni, Mamma dorme
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Daniela LucatoProducerThe Birthday, When I dance, For the time being, The Wheel, Vieni, Mamma dorme
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Maria Grazia MandruzzatoKey Cast"Luz's mother"All about you, Inferno, Mamma dorme
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Daniela LucatoKey Cast"Luz (Voice Over)"For the time being, My name is Sami
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Project Title (Original Language):Le cose che non sai di me, mamma
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Project Type:Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Feature, Short
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Genres:Drama, docudrama, bioepic
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Runtime:15 minutes
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Completion Date:January 24, 2022
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Country of Origin:Italy
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Country of Filming:Germany, Italy
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Language:Italian
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Sony Future Filmmakers Awards 2023Los Angeles
United States
February 23, 2023
North American
Award No -Fiction -
Winner at Encuentro de Imagen MMXXII: Conflicto y Discordia c/o Centro de Estudios Críticos en Cultura Contemporánea 2022Queretaro
Mexico
October 24, 2022
Mexico
Winner at Encuentro de Imagen MMXXII: Conflicto y Discordia c/o Centro de Estudios Críticos en Cultura Contemporánea 2022 -
Honourable Mention at Festival international de Cine de America, Mexico 2022(HIdalgo
Mexico
September 13, 2022
World
Honourable Mention at Festival international de Cine de America, Mexico 2022( -
Special award in the Future Generation Short Film -Tuzla
Bosnia and Herzegovina
September 22, 2022
Bosnia and Erzegovina
11th Tuzla Film Festival 2022(Bosnia and Herzegovina) -
Lebu International Film Festival 2023 (Chile)Lebu
Chile
January 16, 2023
Chile
Lebu International Film Festival 2023 (Chile) -
24th Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Short Films 2023Ismailia
Egypt
March 15, 2023
African Premiere
24th Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Short Films 2023 -
Concorto XXII Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Frontiera 2022Marzamemi
Italy
December 12, 2022
Concorto XXII Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Frontiera 2022
Documentary
Daniela Lucato started playing theatre in Padua (Italy) parallel to her studies at the university. After her degree in Philosophy she moved to Rome, Wellington and finally Berlin where she works as an actress/filmmaker. The Birthday (2014), her first short film written/directed in mandarin/english language, has been officially selected from 25 international festivals (among these Micgenero, Frameline, ShanghaiPride where the film was also nominated for the best cinematography). In 2015 she founded Connecting Fingers Company. For the time being (2018) received the award as best international short film at DUAF/
Tribeca Film Center. In 2019 she wrote/directed the experimental short film Vieni and in 2020 the narrative short Mamma dorme (Mommy’s sleeping).
During Covid-19 she wrote/performed/directed the short film My name is Sami.